Bomb attacks kill 15 Iraqi security forces in Ramadi
At least 15 members of Iraqi security forces have been killed and dozens others injured in bomb attacks in the central Iraqi city of Ramadi, the provincial capital of Anbar.
According to Iraqi police and army officials, speaking on condition of anonymity on Sunday, four nearly simultaneous bombings took place in the Malaab district in the southern part of Ramadi, killing 10 police officers and wounding 15 others.
The Iraqi sources said Colonel Muthana al-Jabri, Malaab police chief, was killed in the bombings.
Iraqi police officials also said that five soldiers were killed and 12 others sustained injuries in a terrorist attack in which three explosive-laden cars were driven into the gate of the Anbar Operation Command, the military headquarters in the province.
Reports said that heavy clashes erupted between the Iraqi forces and militants belonging to the ISIL Takfiri group after the attacks in the area.
It is said that the Malaab area has fallen to the Takfiri militants.
Meanwhile, the Iraq's Defense Ministry said Iraqi warplanes launched airstrikes on the positions of the Takfiri group in Ramadi, without providing any details.
In a separate event on Sunday, the Iraqi Defense Ministry said government forces killed at least 29 ISIL terrorists in an operation in al-Faheelat region near Ramadi.
The developments came as the ISIL terrorists pulled out of the main government building in the city.
The terrorists, under fierce strikes by the Iraqi army and volunteer forces, were compelled to withdraw from the building, leaving the surroundings booby-trapped or on fire, Ramadi’s Mayor Dalaf al-Kubaisi and tribal leaders said on Saturday. The ministry added that at least 21 ISIL militants were killed during the operation aimed at retaking the building.
The militants had reportedly taken control of the government headquarters in Ramadi a day earlier.
The northern and western parts of Iraq have been in chaos since ISIL started its campaign of terror in early June 2014. The terrorists are in control of the city of Mosul, the second largest city of Iraq. Since then, Iraq’s army has been joined by Kurdish forces, as well as Shia and Sunni volunteers in operations to drive the ISIL terrorists out of the areas they have seized.
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